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‘The Time Traveller’s Wife’

28/07/2012

Holiday Post 2: Literature Appreciation Post #2

I wanted to talk about Tim Minchin, but my Internet’s so slow that going on YouTube is futile. Instead, writing this the day before I leave, I’ve decided to make a list of holiday literature. Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh. I’ve wanted to read this ever since Life on the Murder Scene, and found it in… Continue reading

Books, Comics, Holidays, Lists, Zakynthos

‘Arkham Asylum’, ‘Capain Corelli’s Mandolin’, ‘Skullduggery Pleasant’, ‘The Catcher in the Rye’, ‘The Time Traveller’s Wife’, ‘The Umbrella Academy’, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’, ‘Trainspotting’, holiday reading, Indifferent Ignorance, literature appreciation

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‘The Time Traveller’s Wife’

Holiday Post 2: Literature Appreciation Post #2